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Visual Faith: Art, Theology, and Worship in Dialogue (Engaging Culture)
How can art enhance and enrich the Christian faith? What is the basis for a relationship between the church and visual imagery? Can the art world and the Protestant church be reconciled? Is art idolatry and vanity, or can it be used to strengthen the church? Grounded in historical and biblical research, William Dyrness offers students and scholars an intriguing, substantiv...more
Paperback, 192 pages
Published
November 1st 2001
by Baker Academic
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Dyrness explores the world of imagery in Christian worship, including an historical survey of artistic expression of Christian faith throughout the existence of the church.
He advocates for a re-entry of sorts of art into mainstream evangelical worship. Though we live in a very visually-oriented world, art in worship is often neglected, if not completely ignored.
I know that in my own Christian circles, art has never been a strong part of our worship services. I have a hunch that this has been the...more
He advocates for a re-entry of sorts of art into mainstream evangelical worship. Though we live in a very visually-oriented world, art in worship is often neglected, if not completely ignored.
I know that in my own Christian circles, art has never been a strong part of our worship services. I have a hunch that this has been the...more
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three or four years ago there weren't a lot of books around about christianity and the arts. since my university days i'd been obsessed with the idea of a re-emergent arts movement in the church and it seems i wasn't the only one. in the last couple of years, a noticeable movement has indeed begun to take place. alongside that are an increasing number of books on the subject.
but i got this book when there weren't so many, and i aimed...more
three or four years ago there weren't a lot of books around about christianity and the arts. since my university days i'd been obsessed with the idea of a re-emergent arts movement in the church and it seems i wasn't the only one. in the last couple of years, a noticeable movement has indeed begun to take place. alongside that are an increasing number of books on the subject.
but i got this book when there weren't so many, and i aimed...more
Apr 05, 2007
Joel
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3 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
anyone interested in the arts and Christianity
a thoughtful, thought-provoking book, this title provided a helpful history of the church and art, reviewed contemporary art and some christian responses.
the chapter on biblical terminology for ``beauty'' was really helpful; there isn't a word in hebrew for aesthetic beauty as we think of it. the concept of beauty is always tied with integrity, uprightness, righteousness, appropriateness, being just, loving, merciful, or holy.
dyrness also looks at possible roles art could play in christian disci...more
the chapter on biblical terminology for ``beauty'' was really helpful; there isn't a word in hebrew for aesthetic beauty as we think of it. the concept of beauty is always tied with integrity, uprightness, righteousness, appropriateness, being just, loving, merciful, or holy.
dyrness also looks at possible roles art could play in christian disci...more
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